Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century

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Petrology Activities and Examples Collection

This is a collection of educational resources used in igneous and metamorphic petrology courses. The collection includes lab exercises, classroom activities, problem sets and more. The purpose of this collection is to allow for the sharing of materials within the community of petrology teachers. You can

Recognizing and mapping faults using lidar and field datapart of Cutting Edge:Structural Geology:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:ActivitiesAnne Egger, Central Washington University In this activity, students create a geologic map and cross-section of the Fish Springs cinder cone and surrounding area in the Owens Valley, CA, using a high-resolution DEM developed from airborne lidar data as a ...

Beartooth Highway Field Trip and Activitiespart of Teaching ExamplesDave Mogk, Montana State University-Bozeman This day-long field trip was part of the Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century workshop. The activity description/assignment file provided below includes 3 field exercises, including outcrop observation and ...

Student Field Guidepart of Cutting Edge:Courses:Structural Geology:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:ActivitiesKatherine Boggs, Mount Royal University This activity was inspired by the "Pet Rock" project of Daryl Henry. I developed this activity to be a capstone experience for our students. During the fall 4th year field trip, students are responsible ...

Igneous Rocks Research Projectpart of Teaching ExamplesSarah Carmichael, Appalachian State University Students work in groups to design a research project on a local igneous rock unit. Students are responsible for project design, sample collection, data collection and analysis, and collaborative writing involving ...

Yellowstone Thought Questionspart of Teaching ExamplesBarbara Nash These thought questions provide students the opportunity to critically think about features they see on a field trip through Yellowstone National Park.

Igneous Dike and Metamorphic Rock Lab and Field Projectpart of Teaching ExamplesMary Roden-Tice, SUNY College at Plattsburgh; This is a semester-long lab and field project to study the petrology, petrography and tectonics of the Mesozoic dikes and intrusives, and Precambrian granulite facies metamorphic rocks from the Champlain Valley, ...

Physical Geology: Idaho Field Trippart of NAGT:Teaching Resources:Teaching in the Field:Field Trip CollectionSimon Kattenhorn, University of Idaho Physical Geology - Idaho Field Trip: Simon Kattenhorn, University of Idaho Our trip begins and ends in Moscow, Idaho, and covers the geological history of the area dating back to around 2 billion years ago. The ...

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